# lasa
## Baltic Romani
### Pronoun

lasa
* (Litovska) instrumental of joj

#### Declension

* ↑ The ablative is in decline in Lithuanian Romani

## Bikol Central
### Etymology

Borrowed from Malay rasa, from Sanskrit रस (rasa).

### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: la‧sa
* IPA: /ˈlasa/ [ˈl̪a.sa]

### Noun

lása
* taste, flavor
    Synonyms: namit, tana

#### Derived terms

* lasahan
* maglasa
* malasahan

## Fijian
### Etymology

From Proto-Central-Pacific *lasa, from Proto-Oceanic *lasa (compare Maori rata).

### Adjective

lasa
* tame
* easy

## Galician
### Adjective

lasa
* feminine singular of laso

## Inari Sami
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Related to Northern Sami lassá.

### Pronunciation

* This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some!

### Noun

lasa
* doorpost

#### Inflection
### Further reading

* lasa in Marja-Liisa Olthuis, Taarna Valtonen, Miina Seurujärvi and Trond Trosterud (2015–2022) Nettidigisäänih Anarâškiela-suomakielâ-anarâškielâ sänikirje‎, Tromsø: UiT
* Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

## Irish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈl̪ˠasˠə/

### Verb

lasa
* present subjunctive analytic of las

## Kaonde
### Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-dáca.

### Verb

lasa
* to abandon
* to lose

## Latvian
### Verb

lasa
* third-person singular/plural present indicative of lasīt
* (with the particle lai) third-person singular imperative of lasīt
* (with the particle lai) third-person plural imperative of lasīt

## Masiwang
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daʀaq, from Proto-Austronesian *daʀaq.

### Noun

lasa
* blood

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈlasa/ [ˈla.sa]
* Rhymes: -asa
* Syllabification: la‧sa

### Adjective

lasa f
* feminine singular of laso

## Tagalog
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Malay rasa (compare Bikol Central lasa), from Sanskrit रस (rasa). Compare Khmer រស (rŭəh) and Burmese ရသ (ra.sa.).

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈlasa/ [ˈlaː.sɐ]
* Rhymes: -asa
* Syllabification: la‧sa

#### Noun

lasa (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜐ)
* taste; flavor; savor
    Synonyms: namnam, linamnam, lasap
    Masarap ang lasa ng lugaw.The taste of the rice gruel is good.
* liking
    Synonyms: gusto, kagustuhan, pagkakagusto
    Pwede na ba sa lasa mo ang ginawa ko?Can what I did belong to your liking?
* (Batangas) condition; feeling; state of the body
    Synonyms: pakiramdam, kalagayan, (Batangas) pakilasa
    Masama ang lasa ng guro kaya umuwi na.The teacher's condition isn't well so [he/she] went home already.
* (Batangas) opinion; thought
    Synonyms: palagay, opinyon
    Lasa ko'y pagod ka na.My thought is you are tired.

##### Derived terms

* ipalasa
* lasahin
* lumasa
* magkalasa
* maglasa
* magpalasa
* makalasa
* malasa
* malasahan
* pakilasa
* pampalasa
* panlasa
* walang-lasa

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈlasaʔ/ [ˈlaː.sɐʔ]
* Rhymes: -asaʔ
* Syllabification: la‧sa

#### Noun

lasà (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜐ)
* tiger grass
* silvering compound used to manufacture mirrors

##### Related terms

* tambo

### Etymology 3

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lasaq (“beat, thrash”). Compare Aklanon easa, Maranao lasa' and Malay lasah.

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /laˈsaʔ/ [lɐˈsaʔ]
* Rhymes: -aʔ
* Syllabification: la‧sa

#### Adjective

lasâ (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜐ)
* destroyed (with parts detached or forced off)
    Synonyms: lansag, bingkag, tungkab, giba, buwag

### References

* Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016) Tagalog Borrowings and Cognates, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 116
* Trinidad Hermenegildo Pardo de Tavera (1887) El sanscrito en la lengua tagalog‎ (in Spanish), Paris: Imprimerie de la Faculté de Médecine, A. Davy, page 35
* Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎ (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier

### Further reading

* “lasa”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
* “lasa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
* Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*lasaq”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

### Anagrams

* asal

## Yogad
### Etymology

From Malay rasa, from Sanskrit रस (rasa).

### Noun

lasa
* flavor